Research Fellows - Implementing Life Course Interventions

As part of the UQ community, you will have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world, and within an environment where interdisciplinary collaborations are encouraged.

At the core of our teaching remains our students, and their experience with us sets a foundation for success far beyond graduation. UQ has made a commitment to making education opportunities available for all Queenslanders, regardless of personal, financial, or geographical barriers.

As part of our commitment to excellence in research and professional practice in academic contexts, we are proud to provide our staff with access to world-class facilities and equipment, grant writing support, greater research funding opportunities, and other forms of staff support and development.

The Poche Centre for Indigenous Health have two opportunities for Research Fellows to work on a program of research. In these roles, you will support the research undertaken in the ARC Centre of Program Excellence for children and families over the Life Course.

As a Research Fellow contributing to this research program, you will require experience that can contribute to current research in:

• Life course epidemiology

• Maternal and child health

• Social determinants of health

• Health and environment

• Social and biological disadvantage

• Health services

• Wellbeing of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people

• Evidence-based social and health policies and practices

These positions will work on a range of projects, beyond a narrow research specialisation, including Category 1 and externally commissioned research projects. These projects will be in multidisciplinary teams and often in collaboration with non-university stakeholders from government, industry, the not-for-profit sector, and end-user communities. These positions will also prepare and present training courses as required and include project management and administrative tasks.

As the Research Fellow, you will apply advanced research methods skills in one or more of the following areas:

• Longitudinal data analysis

• Quantitative integrated data analysis

• Implementation science

• Experimental or non-experimental policy and program evaluation

• Data science methods such as machine learning for structured or unstructured data

• Qualitative case studies

This is a research focused position. Further information can be found by viewing UQ’s Criteria for Academic Performance.

These are full-time (100%), fixed-term positions for up to 2 years. At Academic level B, the full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range $108,201 - $128,201, plus a generous super allowance of up to 17%. The total FTE package will be up to $126,595 - $149,996 annually. As these roles are covered by an Enterprise Agreement, you will also receive regular remuneration increases in line with the Enterprise Agreement.

The greater benefits of joining the UQ community are broad:  from being part of a Group of Eight university, to recognition of prior service with other Australian universities, up to 26 weeks of paid parental leave, 17.5% annual leave loading, flexible working arrangements including hybrid on site/WFH options and flexible start/finish times, and genuine career progression opportunities via the academic promotions process.

• Completion of a PhD in the discipline area.

• A growing profile in research in the discipline area.

• A developing reputation and track record of publications in reputed refereed journals and presenting at conferences.

• Evidence of successfully seeking, obtaining, and managing external research funding.

• A growing record of supervision of Honours and Research Higher Degree students to successful completion.

• Experience in meaningful internal service roles in conjunction with active contributions to external activities.

In addition, the following mandatory requirements apply:

• Work Rights: You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment. 

• Background Checks: All final applicants for this position may be asked to consent to a criminal record check. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically barred from applying for this position. Each application will be considered on its merits. 

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Associate Professor Abdullah Mamun at *******@uq.edu.au. For application queries, please contact ******@uq.edu.au stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line.
 

All applicants must upload the following documents in order for your application to be considered:

• Resume

• Cover letter with responses to the ‘About You’ section

At UQ we know that our greatest strengths come from our diverse mix of colleagues, this is reflected in our ongoing commitment to creating an environment focused on equity, diversity and inclusion.  We ensure that we are always attracting, retaining and promoting colleagues who are representative of the diversity in the broader community, whether that be gender identity, LGBTQIA+, cultural and/or linguistic, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, or people with a disability. Accessibility requirements and/or adjustments can be directed to ******@uq.edu.au.

If you are a current employee (including casual staff and HDR scholars) or hold an unpaid/affiliate appointment, please login to your staff Workday account and visit the internal careers board to apply for this opportunity. Please do NOT apply via the external job board.

Applications close Thursday 23rd May 2025 at 11.00pm AEST (R-38615).

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